[1] St James Anglican Church and the surrounding cemetery are located in Māngere Bridge on land formerly occupied by Tāmaki Māori (Waiohua and later Ngāti Whātua).

This resulted in an extensive renovation of the memorials to Māori chiefs Ēpiha Pūtini and Kati Takiwaru, who had great significance to the area.

[8] During the invasion of the Waikato the land grant was rescinded but was restored after the war and the church became governed by a board of trustees made up exclusively of Māori.

[9] St James Church is built of scoria quarried from Te Pane o Mataaho / Māngere Mountain.

[10] It is noted that Bishop Selwyn made several attempts at stone churches in Auckland, most of them left to decay or were completely abandoned.